Apparel garment



Den 1923.

D. KOPS APPAREL GARMENT 2 Sheets-met 2 IN VEN TOR A TTOR ltS Patented@sa it, 1.223.

sraas PATENT FFE.

DANIEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO KOPS BROS. INC., OF NEWYORK, N. Y., A CORPORTON OF NEW' YORK.

APPAREL GARMENT.

Application filed June 17, 1922.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be itknown that l, DANIEL Kors, a citizen of the United States, residingin the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented an improvement in Apparel Garments, of which the following is aspecication. Y

This invention relates to an apparel garment and more particularly tothe form of a corset shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,432,470granted to meY October 17, 1922. In this style of garment the corset isconstructed with a closed back, is provided with elastic insertsextending from the upper to the lower edges of the garment adjacent thefront steels, and is tted with adjusting tension devices by which a pullis effected in both directions from the sides of the garment to adjustthe same in position on the body of the wearer. This adjustment causesthe garment to properly fit the body and also secures the adjustingdevices in the position to cause the same to afford the necessarysupport to the underlying parts of the bod The object of my presentinvention is the provision in a corset garment of this type with insertdevices at the back of the garment to cause the same to conform to thehips of the wearer with a yielding effect andY to provide a support forthe .back of the wearer which is yielding in the lower portion and fixedat the upper portion, the constructionbeing also such as to provide forthe retaining of the fleshy portion of the body at the back which wouldotherwise ei;- tend over the upper edge of the garment, and the corsetmade in accordance with this invention will be hereinafter moreparticularly described.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating` a corset made in accordancewith this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the corset garment extended.

Fig. 8 is a partial elevation showing the upper portion of the back ofthe garment, the same being shown on a larger scale than thatillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an elevation illustrating the construction of the adjustingstraps at the inner sides of the front of the garment, and

Fig. 6 is a partial elevation `showing Serial No. 568,936.

another form of the construction of the back of the garment. Y I

Referring to the drawing, the corset garment made in accordance withthis invention includes the usual front steels 10 and 11 which areiitted, respectively, with stud members 12 and eyes 13 by which theparts of the garment are connected in the usual manner. The front steelsection 10 has an extension 14, and the front steel section 11 has asimilar extension 15. In the extension 14 there are eyelets 16, andsimilarly in the extension 15 there are eyelets 17. Below the frontsteel the front steel section 10 is fitted with a catch 1S adapted to beengaged by a hook 19 similarly placed in the extension 15 below thefront steel. A lace 20 may be threaded through the eyelets Y16 and 17 tosuitably connect these extensions when the garment is in position on thebody.

In this form of garment there is an elastic section 23 extending betweenthe front steel section 11 and the side section 22 of the body of thegarment. This elastic section may be made of any suitable material, andas in similar forms of this type of garment eX- tends fromthe upper tothe lower edge thereof. ln the same manner at theother end of thegarment there is an elastic section 21. This extends between the frontsteel section 10 andthe side section of the body of the garment asindicated at 24, and like the elastic section 23 extends from the upperto the lower edge of the garment.

In the left hand side of the garment underlying the elastic section 21there is an adjusting strap 25. Along one edge this adjusting strap isconnected in the garment by the same line of stitching 26 which connectsthe front steel section to the yielding section. ,Along the oppositeedge of this adjusting strap the same'is iitted with a series of eyelets27. ln this form of the garment there is also an anchor'strap 28 whichis secured in the garment by the same line of stitching 28 whichconnects the yielding section 21 to the side section y24 of the body ofthe garment. The forward edge of the anchor strap is provided with aseries of eyelets 29, and threaded through these eyelets and the eyelets27 and 29 is a lace 30 which is also passed through eyelets 31 so as tohave the ends of the lace available eXteriorly of the garment foreffecting the adjustment thereof.

Similarly yiii the V'right hand ,end oit' the armen-t there is anadjusting strap 32. long one edge this isY secured in the garesiiw Lees@ im@ einen 3.3 onnets the 'forward edge the elastic section 23 to thei'ront steelsection 1l.4v Along its opposite edge this adjusting strapis provided with a series of eyelets 34. At this end of the garmentthere is-als'o an'anchor strap 3,5. This is connected in the gai-nientbythe same "line of stitching 36 which connects the elastic section ltothe' side. section 2270i the body of jthe garment. At its torwardedge'lthe anchor strap 35 lis fitted with a yseries oteyletfs 3f?.Through these eyelets 'and' the eyelets 34 a lace38 is threaded.This'lace is also threaded through eyelets 39 si'that the'extremities'of the lace are available e'iite'riorly of the garment for adjusting thesaine'to position.

As heieinbetore stated, the corset to which this 'innention relates is aclosed back garlhe back section is indicated at 40. lhis'baclrl sectionis'iitted with stays 41 and 42`running`in positionsfparallel to voneanother and lplaced Voneither side ofthe centralfline of the backsection. Connected to the hack section '40' is an upper section 43vwhich ektendsbetween' the backl section 40 and the side sectionl 44'ot'ftlie body` of the garment, the vlatter being lconnected to the sidesection 24. Tlie'se'ction'i'extends from the upper edge ofthe garment'downwardly a predetermined distance terminating along a line indicated'at45'and in `this section 43 there are siiitably placedstays '46preferably in a position'whichis inclinedV toward the upperendpfftheliac'lr section 40. Similarly on the v other 'side ofthegarment there is an upper back ff section I'47. Thise'x'tends betweenthe back section'40 and thesection 48 connected to;- the sidev section'22 of the body of the garment'. 'The section'47 like the/section' 43extends 'tromthe upperedge` ofthe garment anbrfedeterinined distancedownwardly and tnminates'aing' annees which, as' 'willA be understood,Vis'th'e lower edgeof'th-is secti'nl Inv the section 4T there are stays50 placed in af position'oppositely disposed to the staysf46.; that -isto `say sov as to be inclined Ytward tlieupper. edge ot the centralvSection 401 Y W'Atft'he hack ot the garment I employ elasticsections,eXtend'i-ngfroni the lower edge ot the lgar'inei'i't'upwardly'so as to overlap the lower''edgesb ofthe upper back sections43 and 47. ne 'of these "elastic sections is indicated at 5l Iand ift isconnected-to the back s`ectio'i'ii4f0 along-'the lineotstitchingindilcatejl at`52`, theopposite edge of the elastic' section 51 beingconnectedft'o the section 44l along a, line of stitching Iindicated at53. Similarly the" elastic section 54 is connected to tiiefbaclr section40 alongr the line oi stitching 55 and to the sectin48"along the terasselineot stitching y5.6. The upper edge of the section 5l is indicated at57 and the correspending edge oi the section 54 at 58, these edgesextending above the lower edges Yoil the corresponding sections 43 and4.1 so that the upper portions'oi the eiastic sections 5l and 54materially overlap the lower portions of the sections 43 andf.rilhebaclr central section 40, as will be seen by special reference toFigs. 2 and 3 isv provided with eXtensions 59 and 60, and it is to theseextensions Y 59 and 60 rather thany to the hack section 40 that theadjacent edges ci the elasticsections 5l and 54 are connected `by thelines of stitching 52 and 55 so that ii' necessary l these lines ofstitching he adjusted by changing the positions ci the saine withoutinterfering with the lconstruction oi 4the 'clined positions as shown inthe other tigures of the drawing and -as hereinbeiorede.- scribed. n i

lt will be understood that with the excep-V vtion ci the partshereinbeiore described as'v elastic the members of the garment are madeot the usual inelastic corset material.

l claim as my invenoion:

l. iin an apparel; corset, tions, elastic sections adjacent the frontsteel sections extending troni the upper to the lower edges of thegarment and connecting the front steel sections to the-bodyiot thegarment, devices underlying'the said elastic sections `for adjusting thegarmentto position, a central back section, elastic insertsV on bothsides of the centralback section'extending from the lower edge of thevgarment upwardly, inelastic back sections eig-tending on both sidesofthe central back-:section from the upper edgeV ot the garment downwardly andunderiying the upper edges O'r the said elastic inserts, andstays placed in the said back inelastic-sections tor cooperating withthe said elastic inserts wrh-eifrebyV the elastic inserts maintain thegarment in position adjustabiy from parts below the waistline downwardlyandthe said stay 4members through Vtheir cooperation with the elasticinserts produce Ya pocket at the` upperedge oi' the garment for thereception ofthefflesh oi' the body of the wearer. Y

' ln an apparel corset, front steelsections, elastic sections adjacent:thefront steel sections extending from the upper tovthe iower edges ofthe garment-and connecting the front steel sections'tothe body` of thegarment, devices underlying the said elastic sections for adjusting thegarment to posi'- tion, a central back section, elastic inserts frontsteel sec,- i

annesse on both sides of the central bask section exe tending from thelower edge of the garment upwardly, inelastic back sections extending onboth sides of the central back section from the upper edge of thegarment downwardly and underlying the upper edges oi" the said elasticinserts, and stay members extending in downwardly diverging positions inthe said inelastic back members from the upper edges of the garment topoints below the upper edges of the elastic inserts whereby the elasticinserts maintain the garment in position adjustably from parts Abelowthe waistline downwardly and the said stay members through theircooperation with the elastic inserts produce a pocket at the upper edgeof the garment for the reception of the flesh of the body oi' thewearer.

3. In an apparel corset, front steel sections, elastic sections adjacentthe front steel sections extending from the upper to the lower edges ofthe garment and connecting the front steel sections to the body of thegarment, devices underlying the said elastic sections for adjusting thegarment to position, a central back section, elastic inserts on bothsides of the central back section extending from the lower edge of thegar ment upwardly, inelastic back sections' on either side of thecentral back section eX- tending downwardly a predetermined distance andunderlying the upper edges of the said elastic inserts, each inelasticback section having a lateral extension secured to the central backsection at one edge and to the other edge of which one edge of anadjacent elastic insert is connected, stay members in the said centralback section, and stay members in the said inelastic back sections, thesaid stay members cooperating with each other and with the said elasticinserts whereby the elastic inserts cause the body o the garment toconform to the body of the wearer yfrom points below the waistlinedownwardly and create a pocket adjacent the upper edge of the garmentfor the reception of the flesh of the wearer which would otherwiseoverlie the upper edge of the garment.

Signed by me this 20 day of May, 1922.

DANIEL KOPS.

